Bluespring Wealth Partners (Bluespring) is part of Kestra Holdings, an industry-leading wealth management platform for independent financial professionals nationwide. Bluespring acquires successful, growing wealth management businesses from inside and outside of the Kestra Holdings ecosystem, promoting advisor autonomy and entrepreneurship while providing operation scale and efficiencies for its partner firms. Our advisor-focused culture is built on innovation and advocacy, enabling advisors to offer comprehensive securities and investment advisory solutions to their clients.

Lead with Purpose. Partner with Impact. Bluespring Wealth Partners (BWP) is a fast-growing acquirer of wealth management firms throughout the United States. We take a relationship-based approach to partnering with and supporting best-in-class wealth managers who provide financial planning and investment services to retail clients. Bluespring acquires high-quality firms and provides its partners with an unparalleled depth of operating support, business expertise and strategic investments in key areas of growth.

Bluespring is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kestra Holdings, a holding company that consists of three leading wealth management services businesses that collectively support more than $140bn in AUA and 1,400 independent financial advisors. As a M&A and Business Development Specialist, you will coordinate and manage the execution of acquisitions in the wealth management space, ensuring a smooth diligence to close process.

What You'll Do:

Manage financial and operational diligence process to obtain and summarize key information about prospective acquisitions
Prepare financial models outlining historical and projected financial performance, including projected returns and supplemental support
Craft proposals for review by the Deal Committee and actively participate in committee discussions to offer perspective on opportunities
Collaborate with critical stakeholders throughout the Bluespring/Kestra organization to ensure completion of agreed-upon diligence procedures, leading engagement with Diligence Committee to approve opportunities
Draft term sheets and indications of interest for new opportunities
Oversee final diligence processes, working intimately with seller representatives and key management team members to perform thorough diligence while ensuring a positive impression of Bluespring as a partner
Provide a full/final assessment of the opportunity with a recommendation to the Deal Committee, objectively reporting on key assumptions/concerns and summarizing all key findings to inform a final decision
Participate in transaction document drafting, negotiations and other key interactions throughout the process, taking ownership for driving the process where appropriate
Capture critical knowledge from the M&A process and ensure it is documented and communicated to the Onboarding and Business Consulting teams; collaborate effectively to smoothly guide opportunities to closing
Periodic involvement in strategic initiatives to provide analytical support and perspective for decision-making
Management of Bluespring’s M&A pipeline, ensuring accurate and timely reporting on opportunities to all key stakeholders
Responsibility for documenting and tracking deal-related information on completed acquisitions, ensuring communication with all key stakeholders
Monitor and update information on key competitors, reporting insights to management on a regular basis with any associated recommendations

What You Bring:

2-3 years investment banking, consulting or related analytical and financial experience
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
Strong research, modeling, and technical skills
Resourceful self-starter, able to work autonomously and as team player in a group/cross-functional setting with outstanding work ethic
Well organized, with an ability to actively manage multiple work streams to completion in a fast-paced environment
Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
Must be willing and able to travel up to 50% of month

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